These numbers are not comparable to those published in previous years as of 2011, NIH calculating estimates using different data source:

2012 – NIH is using a different data source:

2012-2013Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

2012-2013 MEPS estimates based on more current, nationally representative data used extensively in scientific publications

2012-2013 direct and indirect costs will no longer be projected to current year, estimates of indirect morbidity costs discontinued

2012-2013 For more information, please visit nhlbi.nih.gov/about/factpdf.htm.
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Lack of health insurance and other barriers prevents many Americans from receiving optimal health care
——————————————————————2008 – early release estimates from National Health Interview Survey(2009)2006 – early release estimates from the National Health Interview Survey(2008)2004 – National Health Interview Survey data (2007)2003 – National Health Interview Survey data (2006)
——————————————————————2008 – about 24% aged 18 to 64 years (2009)2006☝about 24% aged 18-64 (2008)2004 – about 17% younger than age 65 had no health insurance coverage (2007)2003☝about 17% younger than age 65 have no health insurance coverage (2006)
——————————————————————2004 – 27% 65 and older had Medicare coverage only (2007)2003☝24% 65 and older have Medicare coverage only (2006)
——————————————————————2008 – 13% of children had no health insurance coverage for at least part of past year (2009)2006☝13% of children had no health insurance coverage for at least part of past year (2008)
——————————————————————2008 – More than 36% of adults who lack high school diploma were uninsured in past year (2009)2006☝Almost 34% of adults who lack high school diploma were uninsured in past year (2008)
——————————————————————2008 – 23% of high school graduates (2009)2006☝23% of high school graduates (2008)
——————————————————————2008👇14% of those with more than high school education (2009)2006 – 15% of those with more than high school education (2008)
——————————————————————2008 – Lack of health insurance is not only a concern of unemployed; almost one-quarter of employed individuals (aged 18 to 64 years) were uninsured sometime during past year (2009)
——————————————————————2004 – Persons in lowest income group 10 times as likely as persons in highest income group not to receive needed medical care because of cost (2007)
——————————————————————2004 – Almost 16 million citizens (6%) were unable to obtain needed medical care due to cost (2007)
——————————————————————2003 – In survey, nearly 20% aged 18-44 years reported not having usual place to go for medical care (2006)
——————————————————————2010-2013 – Uninsured patients and ethnic minorities substantially more likely to be diagnosed with cancer at later stage, when treatment can be more extensive and more costly
——————————————————————2012-2013 – For more information on relationship between health insurance and cancer, see Cancer Facts & Figures 2008, Special Section, available online at cancer.org/statistics.2010 – cancer.org.2009 – (5008.08), Special Section, available online at cancer.org.2008 – see special section page 22

I almost couldn’t believe my eyes, but GorskGeek seems to have come around to Burzynski’s way of thinking (according to “Dr.” Bob🙂)

GorskGeek describes it thusly:
—————————————————————–“Conventional cancer treatment can also cause tumors to swell temporarily, due to inflammation”

“A patient who isn’t familiar with this phenomenon may assume her tumor is growing”

“When that swelling subsides, patients may assume it’s because of Burzynski, Adamson says”

“In reality, the tumor was just returning to its previous size”

“Pseudoprogression can be a real confounder in assessing the response of brain tumors to therapy, being observed up to 28% of the time”
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Here’s how GorskGeek’s“brother” in blatherskite; I’m NOT a doctor, 😷 (but I play one on The Other Burzynski Patient Group), Robert J. (don’t call me “Bobby”) “Bob” Blaskiewicz Blatherskitewicz, describes it [2] 😝:
—————————————————————–8/27/2012, Monday[2]

“On the 27th, we hear:”

“Firstly, Amelia hasn’t quite been herself unfortunately”

“She has been very reluctant to walk, a lot more tired, slow and pretty lethargic”

“She was sick on Saturday night also”(8/25/2012)

“We are reasonably confident we have probably gone too far with the steroid reduction so we have actually increased these slightly again today”

“We decided we would rather have a happy and more alert Amelia than one who doesn’t want to do too much – so we made this decision today in coordination with the Burzynski clinic“

“We’ll see how she does”

“There is a small chance it is the tumour growing, but much more likely given the scans we have that this is due to swelling of the tumour caused by the treatment”

“Time will tell. […]”

“The symptoms we are seeing right now are a direct result of the tumour, hopefully due to it swelling, and the steroids will fix this”

“They are also what we would see if it has grown”
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(Below comments by: I’m NOT a doctor, 😷 (but I play one on The Other Burzynski Patient Group), Bob Blaskiewicz 😜)

And here’s another example of something that is…desperately, desperately wrong at the Clinic 😦

The patient is being told that the tumor is swelling because of the treatment 😳

How is it that only at the Burzynski Clinic that getting worse is indistinguishable from getting better?😡

Second point:

this is a tumor on the brainstem

If a possible side effect were swelling of the thing pressing against the brainstem, you’d expect that to be on the informed consent form, right? 😐

The type of thing that would be among the “serious side effects,” right? 😮
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So, to recap 😄:
——————————————————————David H. Gorski

• ( “Getting Worse is Getting Better”) 😃

•“Conventional cancer treatment can also cause tumors to swell temporarily, due to inflammation“
—————————————————————–Amelia Saunders

•“ . . . but much more likely given the scans we have that this is due to swelling of the tumour caused by the treatment”

•“The symptoms we are seeing right now are a direct result of the tumour, hopefully due to it swelling . . . ”
—————————————————————–“Dr.” Bob Blaskiewicz (I’m NOT a doctor, 😷 but I play one on The Other Burzynski Patient Group)

• The patient is being told that the tumor is swelling because of the treatment

• How is it that only at the Burzynski Clinic that getting worse is indistinguishable from getting better?

• If a possible side effect were swelling of the thing pressing against the brainstem, you’d expect that to be on the informed consent form, right? “O”
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The problem with this is:

In support of this “phenomenon”, the article provides a link to a Canadian web-site [3] 😶
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The site posits:
——————————————————————“RT/TMZ is now widely practiced and the standard of care for appropriately selected patients, we are learning more about the consequences of RT/TMZ”

“One phenomena, termed Pseudo-Progression (psPD)…”
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The problem is that this only applies to “Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)”, and the article provides NO proof whatsoever, that any of Burzynski’s “Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)” patients have taken “RT/TMZ” 😐
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Additionally, the site cites the reference as: